Gaia de Campora
Gaia de Campora
Professor
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Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology
Sapienza University of Rome
Italy

Education

Graduated in Psychology (110/110), University of Rome “Sapienza”, 2006
Phd student in Dynamic, Clinical and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome November 2009 - 2012.
Visiting PhD Student,– Alliant International University, San Diego, CA (Supervisor: Dr. Richard Gevirtz) 2010 - 2011
Visiting PhD Student, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA (mentor: Dr. Mojgan Khademi) 2012
Visiting scholar, Child Mental Health Services, Saint Vincent de Paul Village San Diego, CA (Supervisor: Dr. Ruth Newton) 2012
Visiting PhD Student Alliant International University, San Diego, CA (Supervisor: Dr. Mojgan Khademi) Clinical 2012 - 2013
Fellowship, San Diego Psychoanalytic Center, CA. (Supervisor: Dr. Peter Libero) 2013 - 2014

 

Biography

Gaia de Campora earned her PhD in Dynamic, Clinical e Developmental Psychology in 2013 at the Sapienza, University of Rome. Same year, she started working as a PostDoc for the same Department.
In 2014, Dr. de Campora, as Principal Investigator, is the recipient of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) Research Grant, for the research project “Maternal Skills and Overweight risk: a longitudinal study on the reflective functioning role”. Previously, she has been the recipient of the “2012 Allan Rosenblatt Award” for Outstanding Presentation in Psychodynamic Research (San Diego Psychoanalytic Center).

She has been the Coordinator of Clinical Research at the Center for Applied Psychology (Alliant International University, San Diego), and Professor under contract for the Lab of Dynamic Psychology, at the University of Turin. Then, Dr. de Campora started working as a PostDoc at the University of Cagliari. Same year (2015) she has been trained as Prenatal Tutor at the International School of Prenatal and Perinatal Education, and as Autogenic Training Operator.

 

Research Interest

  • Eating behaviors and weight related problems across the lifespan, with particular interest for the prenatal and perinatal stage of life
  • Emotion regulation and attachment framework, with special attention to the intergenerational transmission processes
  • Physiological evaluation of the emotion regulation processes, through the use of the Heart Rate Variability, and other indexes of the SNA functioning
  • The use of the video-observation as a tool of early prevention and treatment
  • Validation studies and use of interdisciplinary measures (i.e., video-feedback, biofeedback).
  • Focused on the study of cross-cultural differences related to body image and to the risk factors for the onset of eating disorders.

 

Professional Activities:

Presenter and Promoter of the following clinical seminars: Parental routes: individuals, couples, and families Clinical Family Center, Aprilia (IT), May 2014
     
Building the room for maternal mind: the context of the Outpatient for at-risk pregnancies Roman Psychoanalytic Center
   
October 2014
   
Clinical interventions for eating disorders in pediatric age Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Rome
November 2014
   
The prevention of eating disorders Fabio Besta High School
 2008/2009
Instructor for the following laboratory: Dynamic Psychology, University of Turin. 2015
  Individual Differences in Emotion Regulation Strategies: the heart rate variability, University of Genoa. 2011
Psychodynamic theories and clinical cases [Main Course: Foundation of Dynamic Psychology. Prof.G.C. Zavattini]  
Psychodynamic theories and clinical cases [Main Course: Psychodynamic within the couples and basics of psychotherapy. Prof. G.C. Zavattini]  

 

Publications

  1. Giromini, L., Velotti, P., de Campora, G., Bonalume, L., Zavattini, G.C. (2012) Cultural Adaptation of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale. Validity and Reliability of an Italian Version. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 1-20, DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21876, Online ISSN: 1097-4679
  2. de Campora G., D’Onofrio E., Zavattini G.C. (2014) Fattori di rischio precoci nello sviluppo del sovrappeso in età pediatrica. Una rassegna della letteratura. (Early risk factors for the onset of overweight in pediatric age) Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, n.2, Maggio, pp.265-294, DOI: 10.1421/77906
  3. de Campora G., Meldolesi C. (2014) Indicatori di rischio psicopatologico nel rischio di sovrappeso gestazionale.(Psychopatological risk indicators in women with gestational overweight) Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, n.3, Settembre, pp. 601-610, DOI: 10.1421/78505
  4. de Campora G., Giromini L., Larciprete G., Li Volsi V., Zavattini G.C. (2014). The impact of maternal overweight and emotion regulation on early eating behaviors, Eating Behaviors, Volume 15, Issue 3, August, Pages 403–409, DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.04.013
  5. Giromini L., de Campora G., Brusadelli E., D’Onofrio E., Zennaro A., Zavattini G.C. & Lang M. (2015, July 7). Validity and Reliability of the Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire (ICQ): Empirical Evidence from an Italian Study Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. Advance Online Publication. DOI 10.1007/s10862-015-9499-5
  6. Velotti P., D’Aguanno M., de Campora G., Di Francescantonio S., Garofalo C., Giromini L., Petrocchi C., Terrasi M., Zavattini G.C. (2015, Sep 23). Gender moderates the relationship between attachment insecurities and emotion dysregulation. South African Journal of Psychology. Advance Online Publication. DOI: 10.1177/0081246315604582
  7. Gnazzo A., Guerriero V., Di Folco S., Zavattini G.C., de Campora G.(2015) Skin to skin interactions. Does the infant massage improve the couple functioning? Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1468. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01468
  8. de Campora G., Larciprete G., Delogu A.M., Meldolesi C., Giromini L. (2016). A Longitudinal study on emotion dysregulation and obesity risk: from pregnancy to 3 years of age of the baby. Appetite, Volume 96, 95-101, doi:10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.012
  9. Guerriero V., Gnazzo A., Zavattini G.C., de Campora G. Quando la relazione non funziona: il maltrattamento su bambini con Disturbo dello Spettro Autistico. Una revisione della letteratura. (When the relationship does not work: maltreatment on children with ASD) Maltrattamento e Abuso. (in press)

 

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